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THE ORIGIN OF GEOMETRY.
The Discovery of Its Principles As:ribel
to the Ancient lrynfi.lus

The Discovery of Its Principles As.ribed
to the Ancient Egyptians.
The origin of this science is ascrihcd to the
Egyptians, who, having their landnarks an
nually washed away by inundations, i'll efforts
to devise Il plan for readily restoring them,
discovered the principles of geometry. From
them I'hllcS, of AIiletus, one OF the "Seven
wise men" of Greece, is said to have learned
the elements of the science. He introduced it
into Greece about GOO b. c. lytiiagoras, half
Il century later, having also learned the SEE
ence Of the Egyptians, enriched it by tho
proposition which still hears his name, to wit,
that tho square described on the hypothcncuse
OF IL right angled triangle is equal to the sum
Of the squares on tho other two sides.
Plato, about 800 II. c., invented tho study
of comic sections, and through these and tho
use of til" analytic method of demonstration
lc made great advances i'll the science Tho
clements of geometry were compiled by
Euclil, $50 b. c. This author introduced
IL device of reasoning that has been found
Very useful where neither direct proof tho
cynthctc mcthotD or the analytic method
could he readily used; it consists III proving
the truth cf 4 proposition by assuming il con-
traiy as truth and showing that this implies
Il logical al,surdity. :ipolonius was Il
gconttrr who lived about $50 h. G., and
whose work in the science has not been sur
passed by the most brilliant achievements of
others since. Archimetles, Il contemporary
of ApolloniuS, first inscribed polysons in
circles. Hpparchus, in the second century
before Christ, and Ptolcmy, in the second
century after Christ, applied mathematics to
astronomy.
From about 500 to 1000 A. D., during tho
darkness of the Middle Ages, tho science made
no advance and was little studied. Nicta,
who lived from 1910 to 1905, revived the
ancient geometry. Tho demonstrations of
kcper, Rolcrv"l and Pascal in the sevcn-
tcenth century greatly stimulated gcomrtrcal
Investigation. But TO Dcscar,cs, who pub
lislicl II volume of geomctrcal problems in
lG;;ll, the world owes chiefly the invention of
analytic of modern geometry. Newton dis
covered the ,lilicrcntal calculus in lGIi1. In
li!so the first descriptive geometry WAS pub
lished i'll Paris by Professor Mongc.- Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Eir Circus Pay Rolls.

Tho salary list of good sized circus runs
anywhere from $500 to 500 Il day Fore.
au%!'s pay Roll calls for the latter amount,
anal the list of the linlnum show is claimed TO
bcrNrn highcr. These figures include tir pay
of performers, agents, hostlrrs, canvas
men, grounls and tranmrn, on razor backs, y
rs the latter are i;rc.iously called. OF
course the performers ret the most money!
Lust season the Barnum people paid an
English trio of trapcHc performers l.oln, Lola
and Sylv,s!cr-thc lattcra man-S22,o II week
aud their expenses Furepaughpny William
SEowlos, tho bareback rider, $3.50 IL week,
and Yet has some cuucstrials in his employ
WHO draw us low as 50 or $50 weekly.
Acrohats ARE always we'll paid when thrr
act isgraccful uud dverting. They generally
'lavc in teams of two and three nn'l do
what are known as "brother ucts The
three l.;lniartinc brothers, for instance, draw
$50 Il week from Forcpnughs pay clerk
Many of these performers do two or three
different acts, and, indeed, they will tackle
almost anything from Il flying trapczc to Il
horizontal har while nearly all the good tuni-
ll"rs and leapers, are easily ard advantage.
ouSly used in ''thc grand tmnblng and finale
SO familiar to circus gocrs There nr, many
groups of performers WHO turn Themselves
into families" and lay doing !; daring act of
some novel Kind are often able to get 5000 or
$500 Il week Clowns are exceedingly pcni-
full, and may be engaged for us low as so u
week. Still, good testers like Billy Burke,
Johnny Pu'wis, Charley Madden and Billy
Conrad get SO u week. Boston Herald.
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4 FLOOD GATE.

The sketch explains itself: Get two
mud stills, oak, 8 or 10 feet long and l5 or
eD iuclrs in diameter. lIcw one side and
cut IL lutriicc in center of each Lay one
"n ctcli side of stream, hcw'n side up, with
TOP about level with low water mark.
MrNt set two posts in the morticcs. These
should br high enough tn allow the gate
lo he loi~tcd above high water mark.
Then frame u stiil pole on top of these
posts, first squarng two sides. Spike
braces ON the down stream side of the
posts, To mud sill, and board up the space
To post and sill tight, To keep hogs from
creeping between gate und post. The
gate is made by mailing strips on u 2X4
piece OF scantling, or using light iron rods
brHcc'l hy stiff Wire, as shown in cut
Hang The gate by chains with hook at one
end. Hook on about two feet from each
end of gate. and one in the middle Bore
holes through the top log to pass chains
through, and put an iron bolt or pin
through IL link. The gate must swing
clear Of posts and bank. You can raise or
lower this gate ut WILL to allow drift, ice,
etc, 10 rlss through.
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A Globule of Obesity.

NJ. dc Blowitz, Paris Correspondent of The
London Times, whose recent announcement
of q Russo German alliance against Franco
and Austria has been attracting the notice of
all Europe, is remarkable individual. In
personal appearance he is mere globule of
obesity. From pole to pole, or rather from
poll to SOLE be measures about five feet three
inches with an equatorial abdominal diane
ter of something like four feet Six inches.
His age is apparently in the neghborhood of
So His oral English is very imperfect. He
constantly drops into French by way of
refuge from the intricacies Of the Anglo
Saxon tongue, and is apparently more fam,l-
lar with German than with either. Hc is by
birth Pole. Though he writes English more
huently than he speaks it, most Of his matter
is corrected for style" by competent subor-
dinate. All his manuscript, even to notes of
invitation and reply, is turned OFF upon an
American typewriter. He lives in small
entresol, or first fight fiat, of which the only
other occupants besides the servants are his
wife and very fat poodle, decrcpit with age.
Consumed with inordinate vanity is NJ. dc
Blowitz, no possible lattery upon his secret
power as a mover Of states and empires being
too Joss for his ears. His value is estimated
by The Times upon pecuniary basis of sl2,-
600 annually, with coupe at his disposal and
liberal allowance for expenses.-The Argo-
rout
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Adelaide Nelson, Chi!,lhool.

A lady prominent in the social life of this
city has i'll her employ as puror maid II
woman Efrom little village in Yorkshire,
England, wh"rc Nd aicle Nelson WAS horn
The woman snysthe ACTRESS had ciiirr Span
ish nor Gypsy blood i'll her veins, as she
claimed, bat was the child of Il basket maker,
poor, drunken fellow, and i; Yorkshire
woman, II decent soul, but wrc;rhc,lly poor.
Lzzy Jones, as Miss Nelson was then known,
was noted i'll the village for her beauty and
her illcness She spent all her tnc hanging
about the shops and gathering. all tho news
travellers and l,ddlers brought from tie out
side world. When she WAS t. years old her
uncle was going up to London, and l.izzy
coaxcd him to take her with him in his mar
kct wagon to SEQ the great city. When they
reached London bridge the girl dropped off
the tail end of the cart and her family nc"cr
heard of her again until they learned that the
great Adelaide Nelson was their daughter
Lizzy. Only five years had passed between
the time that the barefootcd country girl,
who spoke with q strong Yorkshire accent,
had dropped from the back of the cart and
the timo when she appeared as Juliet In
those five years she had attained tho cduca
ton and bearing of gelltlcwoman and had
mastered French and Italian and tho still
moro difficult tongue for n Yorkshire peasant,
pure Eng glish.-Phlnde!ph Press.
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,!rs. A. T. Stewards Artistic Taste.

"They say Mrs. Stewart didn't like pic
tuirs;" this from IL fresh checked, tailor inacl,
daiiscl with gorgeous crimson and yellow
tulip in her buttonholc; they say she never
went into the gallery in that Fifth avenue
marble dungeon of hers unless it rained and
she could find no other place to exercise in.
I know women who say they have seen her
again and again pacing up and down the
floor, shawl over her head and her eyes cast
down, never looking once at an ancient or n
modern master Of them all. Some of them,
folk say, she fairly hated, and would turn her
back on when she happened to glance at the
wall wherc they hung; that Mcissonicr, now,
I've heard was her bcte noir;' and the gos-
siper pointed to the 1901 that has tie post Of
honor i'll the l;lrge gallery and is confidently
expected to bring larger price than was ever
paid for any picture before at public or pri-
vate sale in this country. "Thcy say she dis
liked that above al! things else in the house,
had a grudgc against it that had lasted for
years, and next it shc had a horror of the
statuary. She wrapped rug about that bit
of marble one day because it looked so cold
to her rs She sat III front of it. Poor old soul!
/ don't fret so much about wanting to lie rich
when thin!; of her Eliza Putnam Heaton
in Kansas City journal.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
Destroying cankcr Worms.

The female of the cankcr worm does not
possess the power of flying, and can only
reach the eXtrrmitics of the limbs on
which she deposits her eggs by crawling
up lllc trunk, They begin this with the
first warm days of spring, weeks before
buds and leaves are ready to put forth.
1t is quite common for them to do this
while 1hr nights arc cold enough to harden
tar in Vessels around the trees intended to
ohs'ruct their progress. This old method
has therefore given way to spraying the
trees with water in which London purple
or Paris green has been dissolved, thus
killing the worms after they begin to eat.
IL requires very little poison to do this.
Too strong IL solution might burn the
apple leaves, which, when young, are very
tender.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

There has lern within the last month a
most astonishing advance in the price Of car
bolir acid. 1t was stationary at thirty cents
per pound, but it went steadily Up to forty
five cents, ;,ul then made sudden bound u
rs" days ago 10 lif:y-!.re cents. The cause
oi MS i, the purchase Of !.3lo.uD rounl, by
til. French government, The agents for which
have been ,or snna time secretly buying up
al! of it tIley could find in England Germany
and Scotland. il appears that cari4o!ic acid
is largely used in the iuanuian,ur. Of nclon-
itr the new cyp.o.ive which sprung into cx-
is,encc ut the first .,nmor Of war among the
great powers Of i.lrop.. The main supply
come. from Germany, and the purchases If
that country must lave been very secret i'll
deed-GloLe-D Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

The value Of mcrchantablc coin is re-
ported, for the whole country, 81 cents
hilhcr than one year ago. The farm
prices average about 36 cents per bushel.
Tie weight of the whcnt crop of 1856
-urpnssrs very Slightly that Of 1851 being
3S1 pounds per bllshcl against 5S.3 The
only 81 pounds.
The past winter proved one of the cold
est for many years in the northern states,
and the w;trmcst in nearly all the SOUTH
crn states
New York state does not produce, prob
ably, half the grain consumed within its
borders
There are now about 100000 owners;
Of farms in this country.
y factory has been built in Florida for
the production of wine from oranges.
Since Jan. there have been exported
from Hi, country 90, 03l barrels of apples,
.. ,j9 barrels of beans. 1,24S, 800 barrels Of
-four ::t;3,Oi1 bushels of oats and S,G4l, 103
bushels of wheat.
The trade in American apples in Eng
land is growing steadily and will continue
10 'b 80 j! cure Is lihtl W l,dch ilOlc DiiG
first class fruit and brand it with q trade
mark.
The Beauty of Hebron potato has be-
come one of the leading varieties for gen
cral culture in Great Britain.
Ii is said that not less than 100000
pounds Of dried sage leaves are used an
nl,ally in the United States for various
rurpOscS.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

A new explosive, to whic, The name of
''beilite" has been gwen, is REGARDED by GER
tain scientific men of Europc rs likel' to
com. into general use in place q dy!'niite
ard otler n.troglycerine compounds. AND Is
reco.nf!pnd, as a substitute for corr. aum-
powder IN larger firearms. 1t isa l..:'.tn.e Of
.it.;.t.. Of ammonium Wit! u GiMitlo"cMz:nc.
Experiments during tie pas two years by N.
Carr Lan:n O! Stockholm, ii.'.!"atc that The
substance is not only the safe-t bat tho most
powerful c;;. losiTc known, with a.ean To- ..
equal to t!iii'tyti"e times that OF ordinary
cannon emvowdcr, and a Llastin5 effect
i,rcate,' than that of any material having
Gilos!yce.iac rs q base. 1t has the great
advantage o: being exploded only By heat,
TO amount Of shock Or friction having any
cGe- ,,pon it, and j: may therefore be Ian
died without danger Of accident, while. it Is
less adapted for Legitimate use than dynam-
it,. Further results will bo awaited with in
tt.,.,e- -Arhausaw Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
SOMETHING ABOUT BALD HEADS.
a Physician States Alarming Facts About
I:mldnrss and Gives IL Remedy.

n Physician states Alarming EactS About
Badness and Gives Il Remedy.
Bald headed men die sooner than those
who possess full head of hair, said Il physi-
clan to n reporter the other day. ",rhcn,
doctor, your life is shortened" intcrposcl the
reporter
II lave adopted a protector, You sec; the
skull cap. If | have 10 hair to cover my
craMiln!l, / do Tire next best thing. and use n
warm cap. nevcr go bald beaded, no mat
ter where | nm, and by that means never
take cold. The majority of men who havo
bald heads wear nothing to protect the OK
posed surface, not even wig. Tho result is,
many of them tax" cold and go of with
pneumonia or contract some deep seated dis
oas" like bronchitis or consumption. Yet if
tnltl n ball healed man to wear something
warm on the exposed spot he would, nine
times out of ten. pay no attention to my
warning. 1t is Il growing cause OF increased
mortality, and deserves great attention both
from scientists and empirical laymcn.
"I;ald heads are the sign posts iof a high
;.slhc,ical civilization and at the same tim"
tie cpit@phs of Il physical degeneration
Luxury, ease, comfort, nigh living and
hereditary characteristics have to bo taken
into consideration when nnayZng tho prob
ir,!i of bald hcads. If the future race is to
le devoid OF hair, then it must necessarily 10
short lived Que, because more susceptible to
.i'iincs'. have notpd many cases Of pneu-
lAonia and whore the pn,i"lt is Il male over
- years old the proportion is over onc-!alf in
favor of being bald headed. Whenever |
lavea bald hended patient never rest until
he consents To wear n skull cap. If the hair
was 10 protection to IL man he would havo
been created without any, and his skin ma,!r
tough and thc. to stand the weather. The
wise provisions made to insure perfect phyai-
cal comfort never contemplated n period in
the worlds history when a man should 80
about vith his head sicl; as n peeled onion.
lhc man who does it repeatedly sooner on
later pays the penalty.
My argument against going about with
the scalp exposed is merely from n hygienie
point of view and not because of any false
notions about how it makes a person look.
Oh men, middle aged men, gilded youths and
unfortunate womankind, if You are bald,
don't grievc over the inevitable, hut wear
something warm AMI upon all occasions.
Your days will be longer in tho land and
your progeny will be less apt to inherit the
hairless tendcncy."-Ecw York Mail and
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

Cleft grating is prac'iccd on trees or
hranchr loo larlsc for whip graf! ing, also
in the renewing Of the tops OF orchard
trees. The stock is cut sqrlar" across,
then spl;,. and the ciolis, which have been
shaved down tn II wedge shape are in
serted. care being taken that the inner
bark of The cion shall meet that of lhc
stock. Our second cul illustrates III" OPP
cralion. In large st"c';' t~o rions ara in
serted After HE ci"ns are sci ih" cX-
posed nr rounded parts of bath stock and
cion are covered with good sr"ftimg VAN
y WAX made uf cqunl parts I'll r"-iir, bees
WAX and tallow melted together. and APP
piled warii, VIII lac found "Ii"rtlNr.
y common mistake is HE one of graft
ing too early; remember that th" ciun will
not make any union with the stock until
the latter starts into growth.
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Looked Like tho Jack of Spades.


Mrs. English, the mother of Lucille West,
ern, an actress of merit and beauty i'll her
day, told an incident of her past theatrical
career, in which Il certain tragedian, of rather
stout proportions was the unfortunate hero.
He was playing Macduf to her Lady Mac
beth. The child who played one of tho APP
partitions which warn Macbeth of Mncduif
became very fretful before tho curtain went
up, and began to weep copiously. "Lucile," !"
said Mrs. English "brought tho child pack
of old cards from the property room and en-
deavored to keep her interested in them until
it was time for the infant to appear. This is
the ace of spades, this is tho king of hearts,
said Lucille, and this little fat fellow is tho
jack Of spades When it was timc for tho
appartion to appear the child had finished
its crying spell. Macbeth, beware it re-
cited, Macbeth, beware of-heIe she became
confused and looked hopcessly back for ns-
sistancc. The gentleman who was playing
Macdutf waved his hands to attract her Mt
tention and tried to give her tho cue by
pointing to himself. In his short kilt, plumod
bonnet and general rotundity of figure he had
most unfortunate effect upon the infant
'Oh, yes she said chccrfully, Macbeth, be-
ware OF the little man that looks like the jack
of spades. Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
ALL CRIMSON AND GOLD.


Private Theatrical Boxes That Are SuElp-
tuous i'll Their Appointments.
Tho person who sits in the auditorium of
the Metropolitan Opera house and looks
around him finds himself cncirccd hy two
tiers of private boxes At least the private
boxes are all that strike him of his environ
ments These boxes are alike, as far US shape
and furnishings are concerned They are
deep, broad and comlnolious enough. They
We're originally upholstered i'll yellow velvet,
which gave the house when it was opened
most bizarre aspect. Now they arc all GRIM
son and gold, and the effect is rich and llar-
mnnious Some are in choicer locations than
others, hut all are i'll the main mere private
boxes, such as are familiar adjuncts of tho
prosccnum of any theatre, only larger and
more sumptuous i'll their appointments than
most theatrical boxes.
But behind each of these boxes is IL private
room, tho same size rs the box itself Orig
inally these antcroom; were fitted ny in keep
ing with the open section to which they give
access. But wealth demanded mere than
mere richness of them. Taste and taStrlcss-
ness have made great changes i'll the interests
of display, and few, Indeed, retain their orig
inal sumptuous simplicity. Some box holders
have transformed them into little drawing
i
tions, where pictures ut!oGn the walls and
costly bric-abrac abound Some have mnG'o
littlo alteration in their snuggeiies, but when
they talc party to the opera have them
profuscly decorated with flowers In ono
way or another these hooks reflect the tastes
and the habits, the pretensions and cxtrava-
gances of their owners, and are the scene Of
many pleasant and some decidedly pi,;uant
I social CpiSoleS
1t has got to bc the fashion for ladies' 10 hold
regular evening levces i'll their nntcroon,s at
the opera They receive friends III ten. and
/ retire to them when thu aci happens 10 lio IL
dull one. Business men even transact bust
ness i'll them. There is good deal of loud
talking and i'll bred l,cr,mcnt in Tie l,.xes
during the performances, but there would be
much more if the antcruuliis We're not SO con-
venirnt Like every other new toy it chances
upon. society seems 10 get /; great deal of fun
out of them, and, considering the price it pays,
one can scarcely grudse it whatever pleasure
it may reap from its imvcstlarnt.-Altrcd
Trumble i'll New Yori; News.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

The cynosure of all eyes was Ah Spul, who
has amassed fortune as potato pccier in
one of our leading hotels, and who is the ac-
knowledgcd dude of Chinatown. AS Sprl
stood in the center of a group of Chinese
dudes, envious glanccs were cast at his cos
tune Under his silken blouse he wore
spotted piquct shirt Of the latest style affected
BY society young men, and this was the cause
of the jealousy in his rivals All Spud cx-
plaincd that there were but two shirts of tho
pattern worn by him in the statc.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

form seed.
Instances are on record where thistles
have been entirely eradicated without
losing the use of the land, but growing q
crop every season One plan is to make
the land rich as possible, at least get it
seeded to clover or similar crop and by
far'lizing get an early growth SO rs to
NOW for hay just as the thistles begin
to show bloom. After moving apply q
little stimulating fertilizer so as to quickly
start up the grass, and when about one
foot high plow the land with n plow that
will turn all the soil; roll down and lar-
row SO as to cover the thistlcs root and
branch. y few thistlcs will show them
selves after this, but by hocing thoroughly
with cultivator or hand hoe, so as to cut
them all down, the field will soon be
cleared and by another spring will be
ready for almost any crop.-New York
NnrIl
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

Help horses and cattle to shed their
eoats by frequent applications of the curry
comb and brush. AS the time approaches
for cows to ''cumc in reduce their food,
giving plenty of good, sound hay. Teach
calves TO feed from the pail from the first.
Give ewes with lambs an abundance of
food. Give swine roam in the orchards.
Provide poultry with dust baths and u
variety Of food. Wherever tent caterpil
lars are seen cut off the twigs and burn
them Remember that few crops pay bet
ter than liay. Devote to timber any space
on the farm that cannot be protitably cul-
tiynt,,l in ,.r,,pe.
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30
I.Ynnnratefl Itrllit.

Much has been said against the practice
Of exposing fruit to the fumes of sulphur
during the process Of drying, If sui
phurrd fruit rndlngcrs the health of those
VIII" use it, or is unpleasant to the taste
az smell, tllcn the practice ought to be
discouraged. But according to Professor
Green, of the Ohio experiment station,
There is no evidence That such is the fact
MIcn sllphmr is property used
The Dickinson press., 1887-04-30

Adelina PATHS receipts for seven perform
nnces in the City of Mexico were $4,000.
Sarah Eernhardt followed with ten perform
ances. for which the Mcxicans paid $4,000.
On the principle of averages this shows that
Adclna is more than two and one-half times
the star that Sarah is.